Al-Anbiya (ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء)

٢١ - ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

21 - Al-Anbiya

اِقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُہُمْ وَہُمْ فِيْ غَفْلَۃٍ مُّعْرِضُوْنَ۝۱ۚ
Iqtaraba lilnnasi hisabuhum wahum fee ghaflatin muAAridoona

English

Ahmed Ali

NEAR HAS COME the reckoning for men, but they turn away in remissness.

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مَا يَاْتِيْہِمْ مِّنْ ذِكْرٍ مِّنْ رَّبِّہِمْ مُّحْدَثٍ اِلَّا اسْتَـمَعُوْہُ وَہُمْ يَلْعَبُوْنَ۝۲ۙ
Ma yateehim min thikrin min rabbihim muhdathin illa istamaAAoohu wahum yalAAaboona

English

Ahmed Ali

Never does a new reminder come to them from their Lord but they listen to it with dalliance.

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لَاہِيَۃً قُلُوْبُہُمْ۝۰ۭ وَاَسَرُّوا النَّجْوَي۝۰ۤۖ الَّذِيْنَ ظَلَمُوْا۝۰ۤۖ ہَلْ ھٰذَاۗ اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ۝۰ۚ اَفَتَاْتُوْنَ السِّحْرَ وَاَنْتُمْ تُبْصِرُوْنَ۝۳
Lahiyatan quloobuhum waasarroo alnnajwa allatheena thalamoo hal hatha illa basharun mithlukum afatatoona alssihra waantum tubsiroona

English

Ahmed Ali

Their minds are lost in frivolous pastimes; and the evil-doers discuss secretly: "Is he not but only a man like you? Then why are you taken in by magic seeingly?"

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قٰلَ رَبِّيْ يَعْلَمُ الْقَوْلَ فِي السَّمَاۗءِ وَالْاَرْضِ۝۰ۡوَہُوَالسَّمِيْعُ الْعَلِيْمُ۝۴
Qala rabbee yaAAlamu alqawla fee alssamai waalardi wahuwa alssameeAAu alAAaleemu

English

Ahmed Ali

He said: "My Lord knows whatever is spoken in the heavens and the earth. He hears all and knows everything."

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بَلْ قَالُـوْۗا اَضْغَاثُ اَحْلَامٍؚبَلِ افْتَرٰىہُ بَلْ ہُوَشَاعِرٌ۝۰ۚۖ فَلْيَاْتِنَا بِاٰيَۃٍ كَـمَاۗ اُرْسِلَ الْاَوَّلُوْنَ۝۵
Bal qaloo adghathu ahlamin bali iftarahu bal huwa shaAAirun falyatina biayatin kama orsila alawwaloona

English

Ahmed Ali

Yet they say: "These are only confused dreams," or rather: "He has invented them;" or: "He is only a poet. Let him therefore bring a miracle to us as the earlier (apostles) were sent with."

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مَاۗ اٰمَنَتْ قَبْلَہُمْ مِّنْ قَرْيَۃٍ اَہْلَكْنٰہَا۝۰ۚ اَفَہُمْ يُؤْمِنُوْنَ۝۶
Ma amanat qablahum min qaryatin ahlaknaha afahum yuminoona

English

Ahmed Ali

Not one habitation that We destroyed before them had believed. So how can they believe?

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وَمَاۗ اَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ اِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوْحِيْۗ اِلَيْہِمْ فَسْــَٔـلُوْۗا اَہْلَ الذِّكْرِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُوْنَ۝۷
Wama arsalna qablaka illa rijalan noohee ilayhim faisaloo ahla alththikri in kuntum la taAAlamoona

English

Ahmed Ali

Never did We send a message before you but through a man, whom We inspired. If you do not know, then ask the keepers of the oracles of God.

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وَمَا جَعَلْنٰہُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا يَاْكُلُوْنَ الطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوْا خٰلِدِيْنَ۝۸
Wama jaAAalnahum jasadan la yakuloona alttaAAama wama kanoo khalideena

English

Ahmed Ali

We did not make their bodies immune to hunger, nor were they immortal.

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ثُمَّ صَدَقْنٰہُمُ الْوَعْدَ فَاَنْجَيْنٰہُمْ وَمَنْ نَّشَاۗءُ وَاَہْلَكْنَا الْمُسْرِفِيْنَ۝۹
Thumma sadaqnahumu alwaAAda faanjaynahum waman nashao waahlakna almusrifeena

English

Ahmed Ali

Then We made Our promise good to them and delivered whomsoever We pleased, and destroyed the transgressors.

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لَقَدْ اَنْزَلْنَاۗ اِلَيْكُمْ كِتٰبًا فِيْہِ ذِكْرُكُمْ۝۰ۭ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُوْنَ۝۱۰ۧ
Laqad anzalna ilaykum kitaban feehi thikrukum afala taAAqiloona

English

Ahmed Ali

We have sent down to you a Book which has a reminder for you. Do you not understand?

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